Chapter 13

Outside the Callahans’ villa.

Dozens of jeeps screeched to a halt as the soldiers that had ridden them here charged onto the Callahans’ home.

Panic erupted amongst the Callahans. Lex, who had gone to bed, got up again and approached the soldiers in his pajamas. “What’s happened, sir?” he asked the leader frantically, his face pale.

“Take them.”

With their order issued, two soldiers grabbed Lex by his forearms and dragged him away.

The others, still groggy from sleep, were also forcibly pulled into the jeeps.

Meanwhile, a loud bang erupted from Thea’s home. Benjamin and Gladys were awoken suddenly as soldiers filed in and dragged them away.

Cansington Hotel basement.

Thea sat tied up on the ground. Soon enough, her family was also brought in. Her grandfather, Lex Callahan; her father, Benjamin Callahan; her uncle, Howard Callahan; her second uncle, John Callahan, and everyone else. No one had been left out.

All of them had been tied up, too.

They looked at each other in panic and confusion, not knowing what they had done to offend the Xaviers, or why they were now in a basement.

Trent sat on the only chair in the room, taking a drag of his cigarette.

"Do you know why I brought you here, Thea Callahan?" he asked, his expression cold as the soldiers behind him looked on.

She did not. She knew she was nowhere near the workers when the painting fell, so why did the surveillance footage show otherwise?

"General Xavier, we haven't done anything against your family. In fact, our Tommy is good friends with Joel Xavier! Why are you doing this? Please, let us go," Lex shuffled in his restraints as he pleaded with Trent. "If we did do something to offend you, I promise I'll personally make it up to you…"

at the auction banquet. I'll release you now so you can liquidate your assets, Lex

"What?!"

"One-point-eight billion?!"

hell happened,

destroy a

and still tied up, started hurling insults at

her of being a curse upon their family, and how she had always been

by their insults, was

Callahan,"

their assets up, the Callahans were worth 1.3 billion in

soon as he was released, then slapped her with all his strength. "Useless thing! You've

wasn't me, grandfather!" she cried

you argue! Would General Xavier falsely accuse you of

Trent after he was done. "Please have mercy on my family, General Xavier," he pleaded

said coldly. "Did you give mine any mercy when Alex Yates started bankrupting us because

Thea. "You… You set

doesn't matter if you know. You can't do anything about it. I'm getting that one-point-eight billion from you, one way or another. I'm the deputy commander on the western border.

seemed to have aged ten years in a single instance. "We're doomed!" he wailed in despair.

man out

"Yes, sir."

Lex, still sobbing,

Callahans watched on, frozen

completely serious. The Callahans were

wicked little b*tch! You did this

we abort you when

own fault! Why are you dragging

do with Thea! Please let

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